Contract Type: Secondment (12 Months)

Contract Hours: 37 per week

Salary: Grade H3 SCP 36 - 30 £45,718 - £49,764 per annum

Closing Date: 13th May 2025 at 23:59pm

This role is only being offered as a secondment opportunity. If you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis, you must seek your manager’s agreement before formally applying

This post is open to employees currently On Notice/At Risk and Internal.  Please note applications from employees currently On Notice/At Risk will be given priority. On Notice/At Risk employees should complete the application form as normal, upon submission you must email the Recruitment Team – recruitment@blackpool.gov.uk to ensure that your application form is marked as priority.

We are seeking a Senior Social Worker within the AST Team to cover a temporary post for approximately 12 months.  You will need to be an experienced H2 social worker that can evidence your ability to work as part of a multi-agency partnership, to safeguard children, supporting them and their families to achieve positive outcomes.  You should also be able to reference how you have mentored, supported and guided social work students, ASYE’s and less experienced social work staff.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory reference history of at least two years, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of Right to Work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and amendments to the exemptions order, which mean that certain offences are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed, guidance on the "filtering" of offences can be found at New filtering rules for DBS certificates (from 28 November 2020 onwards) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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